Are these sail feeders any good for bold rope main?
My halyard runs to the cockpit and I sometimes have to go one or two times to the mast to feed the sail when single handed.

I got one of these in a lot of boat bits but it did not come with the mast mount. Anybody got this?

My vote would be okay for smaller boats or boats with short battens. Boltrope and full length battens will be an issue due to clearance for the batten cups.

We use a similar thing, a set of loose monkey balls, on our forestay to feed the jib into the track. That works well.

Like Jethrow said, check your battens for clearance to the bolt rope at the sail luff.

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cazou34 said..

rumblefish said..
No, they don't get the sail close enough to the mast.
Use these and remove back round bit.
http://www.apsltd.com/sail-feeder-12mm-max-luff.html

not close enough? as long as it keeps the bolt rope aligned with the track I hoped it would work

Sorry, wrote in a hurry!!
We had issues with a carbon mast with a glued on track on a sportsboat.
If the sail was not kept close to the mast and inline the track pulled off the mast. Was worse when pulling the sail down as you tended to pull to the side a bit due to the boom.
The one I linked to works a treat and would be the only one I'd use